Hidden Treasure || ATEEZ AU

Hellevator

The next day Yeosang already had a few texts, some worried, some angry, the most final one from Chan just asking to meet up. Yeosang had that weekend to go back home and bring a few more bags before he was official under the school's lockdown rules, so he thought that was probably his best chance to check in with his old friend and make sure they didn't suspect anything from catching him at the crime scene.

Why would they? Yeosang wasn't sure, but the thought had him on edge. He had a ridiculously large pile of cash under his bed that he didn't know how to properly handle yet and he could feel the paranoia settling in.

The brunette arrived at the usual ice cream parlor they'd often go when the girls lead their plans, it didn't surprise him to see Yeji already sat at an outdoor table, Chan leaning against one of the open frames the vintage little building had for entrances.

"Hey, Sangie!" Yeji waved up at him before he was even past the flowery gate and into the open yard. Yeosang had quite a few nicknames that circulated through his group of friends, but somehow this one felt odd coming from Yeji's mouth, it wasn't one she used often.

"You didn't tell us the school you were transferring to was KQ!" She started before he even managed to get a word in.

"Yeah, a friend of my mom's suggested it." He mumbled. Something didn't feel right. The glint in her eyes was too excited for just plain old Yeosang.

"Ah, I see. I get it now. The soccer team had so many games there, but I don't think you ever went there with us, so it just came as a surprise." She replied.

"I didn't even know they were a rival team or anything either." Yeosang commented, reaching for his bag.

"Oh, I ordered for you already Sangie. Cookies and cream, right?" Yeji smiled at him.

"Ri-" Yeosang was about to fall into the usual string of one word answers, it was easy to fall into it comfortably with his old friends, but got stopped as fast as he opened his mouth.

"So, Monday, in the field. Do you know those guys?" Chan interrupted him, expression unreadable under sunglasses and a non committal frown.

"Well, one of them, but I didn't think he was into sports actually. Why?" As far as Yeosang knew, Wooyoung already had his schedule full with the dance club, it didn't make sense he'd be involved in a soccer rivalry.

"He didn't tell you what we were doing there?" Chan asked, suspicion seeping into his voice.

"No?" Not being in the loop was starting to make Yeosang uneasy.

"Sangie, this is perfect!" Yeji exclaimed, tone too cheerful for the turn the conversation was taking. "So we kinda need a favor."

Yeosang could only look back skeptically. He knew there was something wrong and whatever they needed it couldn't be good.

"We've been having some trouble with the gang from that school, for a while now, and it's gotten pretty out of hand lately." Chan moved closer as he explained, sitting backwards into a chair and leaning forward against the back of the seat, closer to Yeosang.

It was then that he pulled up the sunglasses up, revealing the fading signs of a still very much present black eye. His nose was scrapped and now the younger realized the few bandages here and there from his cheek bones to his forearms weren't just sport injuries as he had dismissively ruled them off as. "It wasn't looking good on our side as you can see. We were there to call for a truce."

"They did that? I don't think Woo would-"

"Oh he would. All of them would." Chan cut him off bitterly.